How to Do A Title Search

Title Search for Real Estate and Personal Property.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Online Access
• County Name
• Owner Name

1. Google Official Public Records for any County. Always looking for the official website of the county. If you are not sure of the county, then google the city, town and add "county" within the google search. Most Official Public Records are online now, however, they are all different but similar.

2. Insert last name and firt initial for Grantor and Grantee. Then select search. Scroll down looking for name within the listings. You may see many different transactions for one name listed by date.Select name of person you are looking for and the transaction type, i.e. mortgage, deed, court, etc. Then select view image (if there is an option). After selecting "View Image", you will see a list of document pages related to the mortgage, deed, etc. Select a page and view.

3. If looking for multiple names, select return to results and/or enter a new name in the search space.

Tips & Warnings

• You may go to Tax Accessor Online to retreive property address and/or related Name of Owner.
• In most cases you will not be able to print the document for security reasons, however, you can read and take notes.